PsychNurse Methods of Coping Scale

Objective: To describe psychological reactions among family members of patients receiving an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) during the first 9 months after implantation. Methods: Eighty-two family members (age 56 ± 12 years, 74 percent female, 79 percent married, 88 percent Caucasian) of ICD patients completed questionnaires regarding their mood (Profile of Mood State), cognitive illness appraisals (Meaning of Illness Questionnaire) and coping strategies (Jalowiec Coping Scale) prior to ICD implantation, and as well as 1 and 9 months postoperatively. Results: Total mood disturbance score (TMD), threat appraisal, and emotion- and problem-focused coping were highest prior to ICD implantation, and decreased during the first postoperative month showing stable values thereafter. There was no change in challenge appraisal. Multiple regression analysis found that the use of psychotropic drugs (anxiolytics, sedatives; Beta = .25), emotion-focused coping (Beta = .37), and challenge appraisal (Beta = .21) at 1 month accounted for 26 percent of variance in TMD at 9 months. Conclusion: A spouse's ICD implantation is a major stressful event for family members leading to a diminished mood state prior ICD implantation. Reduction in emotion-focused coping and the use of challenge appraisal may improve mood state in family members of ICD patients during early follow-up.

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Validation of a newly developed instrument establishing links between motivation and academic hardiness

Europe’s Journal of Psychology ◽

10.5964/ejop.v12i1.997 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 29-48

Author(s):

Spiridon Kamtsios ◽

Evangelia Karagiannopoulou

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

School Children ◽

Elementary School Children ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Factor Model ◽

Relevant Literature ◽

Goal Orientations ◽

Coping Scale ◽

Academic Hardiness

The purpose of the study was to establish the reliability, the structural and the convergent validity of the “Dimensions of Academic Hardiness Questionnaire” for late elementary school children. A sample of children (N = 1264) aged 10-12 years completed the questionnaire and the “Athens Coping Scale”. Multiple fit indices provided support that the 9-factor model had a good fit to the data. Reliability coefficients ranged from .68 to .83. The study provided also preliminary evidence of convergent validity of the “Dimensions of Academic Hardiness” scores with one theoretically related measure, the “Athens Coping Scale”. The results enrich the notion of Academic Hardiness in late elementary school children as the role of awareness and the role of children’s previous experiences has been distinguished. The relation between the “Dimensions of Academic Hardiness” and achievement goal orientations in children learning is also noted. These findings are discussed in the context of the relevant literature.

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OCCUPATIONAL STRESSORS AND COPING STRATEGIES IN NURSING TECHNICIANS

Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0104-07072016002920014 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sandra de Souza Pereira ◽

Carla Araujo Bastos Teixeira ◽

Emilene Reisdorfer ◽

Mariana Verderoce Vieira ◽

Edilaine Cristina da Silva Gherardi-Donato ◽

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Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Exploratory Research ◽

Occupational Stressors ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Coping Scale ◽

Cross Sectional Design ◽

Quantitative Descriptive ◽

And Coping ◽

Nursing Professionals ◽

The Relationship

ABSTRACT This is a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory research, with cross-sectional design that investigated the stressors experienced by nursing technicians working in general hospital and identified the coping strategies most used by them. The sample contained 310 participants. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Ways of Coping Scale were used. For the analysis we used descriptive statistics and calculated the Cronbach's alpha. 60% of professionals used the strategies focused on the problem; 57.4% attributed their stress to working conditions, 26.8% to relationships in the workplace, 5.5% to the lack of reward at work and only 0.6% to problems personal. We conclude that strategies focused on the problems were the most used, indicating an approximation of the stressor in order to fix it. The identified stressors indicate the need for planning, stimulating and recognizing nursing professionals.

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Personality Characteristics and Coping Styles of Women Working in and in Training for Nontraditional Blue Collar Jobs

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.2000.87.3f.1115 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 87 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1115-1122 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Heather C. Nash ◽

Joan C. Chrisler

Keyword(s):

Sex Role ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Work Environments ◽

Personality Characteristics ◽

Blue Collar ◽

Behavioral Characteristics ◽

Successful Work ◽

Coping Scale ◽

And Coping ◽

Work Role Transitions

43 women employed in nontraditional blue collar jobs were compared with 27 women in training for such jobs on a number of variables linked to job success and satisfaction. The purpose of the study was to determine whether women enter blue collar trades with characteristics that predispose them to successful work-role transitions or whether they adopt different coping styles and behavioral characteristics over time in order to fit into their work environments. Questionnaire packets that contained the Self-efficacy Scale, the Personal Assertion Analysis, the Ways of Coping Scale–Revised, and the Bem Sex Role Inventory were completed by 70 women. Participants in training were more androgynous and higher than expected on both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping. Possible explanations and suggestions for research are discussed.

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Family Burden and Coping among Caregivers of Schizophrenia

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0404.022 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

Author(s):

S. Geetha ◽

Dr. M. V. Sudhakaran

Keyword(s):

Human Population ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Subjective Burden ◽

Short Term ◽

Care Giving ◽

Primary Caretakers ◽

Schizophrenic Patients ◽

Coping Scale ◽

And Coping

Schizophrenia is a strict mental disorder affecting about human population. Being chronic and often incapacitating, it extracts tremendous cost from patients, caregivers and society. Caregivers of patients with schizophrenia face stress and emotional hardship and are frequently forced to assume lifelong care-taking roles. Subjective burden refers to the caregivers’ short term and long term reactions to the patient’s symptoms and behaviors, and the care giving task resulting from it. Perceived distress and interpersonal strain are examples. It refers to the extent to which the care giver feels he or she is burdened. This study aims to conducted for analysis the burden and coping among caregivers of schizophrenia. This study conducted with 30 Schizophrenic patients and 30 primary caretakers of the patients, totally 60 samples were studied. The result shows that there is association between burden assessment schedules of caregiver with that of caregivers coping scale. It revealed statistical significance. Low coping score seen in caregiver who had high burden score. Lower burden score seen in caregivers who had high coping level.

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